Search the Australian War Memorial - AWM databases, including the details of 324,000 members of AIF 1914 – 18 and more than 200,000 photographs. http://www.awm.gov.au/
Death of Gallipoli veteran - Walter Parker, one of the last three Australian survivors of the Gallipoli campaign, died just a day after Australia Post issued a set of stamps bearing photographs of the three as young soldiers. Mr Parker, 105, died peacefully at a nursing home in Melbourne. This report comes from the Sydney Morning Herald site (25-01-00). Tip: search the news archive for "Walter Parker".
Australians at War, a website designed and dedicated to those Australians who served their nation over the past one hundred years. Through animated documentaries, video, audio and activities you can re-live some of the greatest events in our history, as seen through the eyes of the men and women who were there.
Australian Story Carve their Names with Pride - http://www.abc.net.au/austory/series4/9937.htm From the ABC website: The story of how North MacKay High School students travelled to Europe to visit Gallipoli and the war graves of Belgium and France, and to document and photograph particular graves for family members back in Australia.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission - http://www.cwgc.org/ The Commission was established in 1917. Its duties are to mark and maintain the graves of the members of the forces of the Commonwealth who were killed in the two World Wars, to build memorials to those who have no known grave and to keep records and registers, including, after the Second World War, a record of the Civilian War Dead. The site provides access to the register database.
Gallipoli Photo Archive - http://www.worldwar1.com/pharc007.htm Jul Snelders has contributed his Gallipoli Then and Now archive to the Trenches on the website which presents more images in greater detail.
The Trenches on the Web site is one of the most comprehensive concerning World War One. This section includes details and photographs of the Anzacs at war.
Death of Gallipoli veteran - Walter Parker, one of the last three Australian survivors of the Gallipoli campaign, died just a day after Australia Post issued a set of stamps bearing photographs of the three as young soldiers. Mr Parker, 105, died peacefully at a nursing home in Melbourne. This report comes from the Sydney Morning Herald site (25-01-00). Tip: search the news archive for "Walter Parker".
Youtube WW1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HecarBy9XJc
Youtube Video clip of Gallipoli - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3E_OcZXRVk
Youtube Western Front Australian - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46SocXCb4MM
Youtube Australia's Last Campaign 1918 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bggGLzk6cQ&feature=related
Youtube Australian War Hero's Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j24bKov5Go&feature=related
Gallipoli Work Book ABC - http://www.abc.net.au/innovation/gallipoli/classes/GallipoliTFD_TeachersGuide.pdf
Australians at War, a website designed and dedicated to those Australians who served their nation over the past one hundred years. Through animated documentaries, video, audio and activities you can re-live some of the greatest events in our history, as seen through the eyes of the men and women who were there.
Australian Story Carve their Names with Pride - http://www.abc.net.au/austory/series4/9937.htm From the ABC website: The story of how North MacKay High School students travelled to Europe to visit Gallipoli and the war graves of Belgium and France, and to document and photograph particular graves for family members back in Australia.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission - http://www.cwgc.org/ The Commission was established in 1917. Its duties are to mark and maintain the graves of the members of the forces of the Commonwealth who were killed in the two World Wars, to build memorials to those who have no known grave and to keep records and registers, including, after the Second World War, a record of the Civilian War Dead. The site provides access to the register database.
Gallipoli Photo Archive - http://www.worldwar1.com/pharc007.htm Jul Snelders has contributed his Gallipoli Then and Now archive to the Trenches on the website which presents more images in greater detail.
The Trenches on the Web site is one of the most comprehensive concerning World War One. This section includes details and photographs of the Anzacs at war.